I spent Sunday afternoon learning how to take apart the front interior of the Z, in order to find out exactly what had shorted under there, and hence why I was in limp-home mode. (Amazing how fast you can get to 60 in fifth changing up at 2500 revs on a motorway slip road. :-) )
It turns out that iggy power and one of the A-pillar gauge casings had collided due to inadequate insulation. Lesson: Inspect all mods yourself as soon as possible after purchase. Everything's back together except the passenger footwell - rain stopped play last night - so hopefully this evening it'll be more like a Z and less like a diesel!
Luckily - if we can call this lucky - the short was on the S-AFC side of the circuit and seems to have taken only the S-AFC out. (Although I won't be surprised if the Splitfire gauge has died as a result - will find out later.)
So the questions are:
Will the S-AFC itself have a fuse, and if so will the fuse be easy to replace if I get the back off? Likewise for the Splitfire oil pressure monitor. I know the rest of the oil sensor circuit has survived because the stock gauge is still reading.
Is the wiring harness available seperately and how much is it likely to cost? I'd rather replace it altogether since long stretches of the insulation on the ig power cable are half-melted. Plus, I wanted to move it into the glovebox in any case.
I plan to run without the AFC until the above is sorted - how far is it wise to crank up the AVC-R without it? I do have an SE chip which I should think will cope with extra fuelling up to a certain point.
Any advice gratefully recieved. Sorting it out of course means the battery's already been disconnected long enough to reset the ECU.
regards,
Zack
Previous owner of the car not named to protect the guilty. :eek:
Chaps and chapesses,
I spent Sunday afternoon learning how to take apart the front interior of the Z, in order to find out exactly what had shorted under there, and hence why I was in limp-home mode. (Amazing how fast you can get to 60 in fifth changing up at 2500 revs on a motorway slip road. :-) )
It turns out that iggy power and one of the A-pillar gauge casings had collided due to inadequate insulation. Lesson: Inspect all mods yourself as soon as possible after purchase. Everything's back together except the passenger footwell - rain stopped play last night - so hopefully this evening it'll be more like a Z and less like a diesel!
Luckily - if we can call this lucky - the short was on the S-AFC side of the circuit and seems to have taken only the S-AFC out. (Although I won't be surprised if the Splitfire gauge has died as a result - will find out later.)
So the questions are:
Will the S-AFC itself have a fuse, and if so will the fuse be easy to replace if I get the back off? Likewise for the Splitfire oil pressure monitor. I know the rest of the oil sensor circuit has survived because the stock gauge is still reading.
Is the wiring harness available seperately and how much is it likely to cost? I'd rather replace it altogether since long stretches of the insulation on the ig power cable are half-melted. Plus, I wanted to move it into the glovebox in any case.
I plan to run without the AFC until the above is sorted - how far is it wise to crank up the AVC-R without it? I do have an SE chip which I should think will cope with extra fuelling up to a certain point.
Any advice gratefully recieved. Sorting it out of course means the battery's already been disconnected long enough to reset the ECU.
regards,
Zack
Previous owner of the car not named to protect the guilty. :eek: